Where is Peculiar, Missouri Municipal Court?
Peculiar is a mid-size town in central Cass County just off Highway 71 South (Interstate 49) and the intersection with J highway.
Peculiar is in between the cities of Belton, Raymore and Harrisonville. It operates its own Municipal Court at the following location:
220 N. Main Street
Peculiar, MO 64078
Telephone #: 816/779-5104
Fax#: 816/779-5105
Mail should be directed to the following address:
Becky Lewis, Court Administrator
P.O. Box 267
Peculiar, MO 64078
What is Peculiar Municipal Court’s Website Address?
- City of Peculiar Municipal Court
- Traffic Payments
- City of Peculiar Info
When is Peculiar Municipal Court?
The Peculiar Municipal Division of court has a set schedule. Court is open between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Court is held on alternating Mondays beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Who is the Judge of Peculiar Municipal Court?
- Steve Sakoulas is Municipal Judge.
Who is the Prosecutor of Peculiar Municipal Court?
- Clayton Jones is the Municipal Prosecutor
Who Writes Peculiar Municipal Court Tickets?
Municipal Court citations are written by the Peculiar Municipal Police Department.
One should not expect a Sheriff’s Deputy or Highway Patrol Trooper to handle a Peculiar Municipal case. Those will go to the Circuit Court of Cass County at Harrisonville, Missouri.
What Types of cases does Peculiar Municipal Court Handle?
Peculiar Municipal Court resolves misdemeanor cases with punishments of 90 days or less in jail and fines of $300.00 and below with court costs. Expect Peculiar Municipal Court to handle traffic tickets, assaults, driving while intoxicated charges, driving under the influence charges, and misdemeanor charges. One can do Peculiar public records searches.
How Many Driver’s License Points will a Ticket Cost?
A driver’s license is at risk of being suspended or revoked if one “just pays” a Peculiar traffic ticket. A brand new license starts out having twelve points. Multiple points are lost for each ticket that results in a conviction. Convictions lead to suspensions. Suspensions lead to revocation.
Look to this definitive guide to Missouri’s driver’s license points system. The Guide will allow you to determine how many points you stand to lose.
Driving While Suspended or Revoked in Peculiar Municipal Court
Driving while suspended/revoked traffic tickets are the second most serious traffic charge one can be accused of in municipal court (other than the DWI). Peculiar Municipal Court ordinances (laws) pattern the statutes of Missouri. Section 303.321 governs driving while suspended and revoked citations.
There is little practical difference between driving while suspended and driving while revoked. The statutes and ordinances for violating these two traffic tickets are the same. Where there is a difference is the prospects of reinstatement. It is critical to the chances of success, punishment outlook, and money costs to have one’s driver’s license reinstated. It is more difficult to reinstate a revoked driver’s license than a suspended driver’s license. Therefore, if there is a difference, it exists in the reinstatement phase.
Section 302.302 of the Missouri statutes dictates the driver’s license points system for Missouri. A conviction for driving while suspended is a mandatory driver’s license suspension. Second, convictions for diving while suspended carry jail sentences. Multiple offenses are a felony.
Last, convictions for traffic tickets will raise insurance rates.
